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mulberry trees," as early as any other one in the church ; was greatly use- ful in social prayer meetings ; a constant laborer in the Sabbath school, and active in the various reforms and benevolent objects of the age. He became one of the standing committee of the church, 1843. He lost one leg by amputation, from a bad knee, and bore the operation with such Christian fortitude that it astonished beholders. He had various losses and successes in business, experienced much joy and sorrow in life, and died in hope of a glorious resurrection, May 11th, 1846, of dropsy, aged 56; wife, No. (365.)
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. William Belden, born April 13th, 1813, bap. June 27th, 1813, married March 31st, 1837, Betsey Blin ; he married second, Jan. Ist, 1846, Maria A. Keach ; he mar- ried third, May 29th, 1855, Widow Mary C. Reid.
2. Mary Ann, born March 24th, 1815, bap. March 27th, 1815, died March 27th, 1815, aged three days.
3. Walter Henry, born Dec. 26th, 1816, bap. June 29th, 1817, died Nov. 16th, 1822, aged six years.
4. Nancy, born July 28th, 1819, died same day.
5. Nancy, born Aug. 28th, 1821, bap. Oct. 28th, 1821, see No. (792.)
6, Hubert Henry, born Dec. 12th, 1823, bap. March 28th, 1824, see No. (791.)
7. Albert, born July 13th, 1828, died Oct. 15th, 1829, aged fifteen months.
8. Samuel Albert, born June 29th, 1830, bap. Oct. 17th, 1830, died Aug. 5th, 1831.
9. Mary Allen, born June 1st, 1833, bap. Sept. 15th, 1833 ; is a sweet singer ; mar- ied 1866, George Gladwin, the artist.
371. "ERASTUS CONE," to church Feb. 2d, 1812, baptized same time, son of Joshua and his wife, Mehitable (Blinn,) of Wethersfield. He was a saddler and harness-maker; learned of Abner Clark; married Feb. 10th, 1812, No. (364,) both dismissed by letter of recommendation, A. D. 1813, o church in Simsbury ; lived in Newark, New Jersey, now, 1862, living with his daughter, Delia La Foy, at Madison, New Jersey. He was born Jan. 25th, 1790, at New Britain.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Thomas, born Jan. 3d, 1813, at Simsbury, died Sept., 1815.
2. Thomas B., born Aug. 26th, 1814, at Simsbury.
3. Sophia, born Aug. 25th, 1816, at Simsbury.
4. Harriet N., born May 6th, 1819, at Middletown.
5. Adelia, born March 17th, 1821, at Middletown, married La Foy.
6. Walter North, born Oct. 13th, 1822, at Middletown.
7. Julia Bidwell, born July 30th, 1824, at Newark, New Jersey.
8. Alexander Gridley, born Dec. 16th, 1825, at Newark, New Jersey.
9. Margaret Douglass, born Oct. 16th, 1827, at Newark, New Jersey.
10. Edward Tuttle, born March 11th, 1830, at Newark, New Jersey.
11. William, born April 20th, 1832, at Newark, New Jersey, died March, 1836.
372. "JASON STEELE," to church Feb. 2d, 1812, son of Ebenezer, jun. nd his wife, No. (225.) He was her eldest son, baptized June 26th,
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1791, soon after birth ; was an interesting young man and Christian. He died 1812, as a soldier of the United States, in the war of that year.
373. "JOHN PENNFIELD," to church Feb. 2d, 1812, son of No. (237) and Eunice (Kelsey,) his wife, born Oct. 18th, 1791, married March 12th, 1815, No. (432 ;) was a farmer ; lived and died on the place vacated by the death of his brother, Silas; was a Christian of much prayer and strong faith ; was illiterate but honest and earnest ; he lost one leg by the fall of a tree, endured much pain and suffering of body, but was joyful in spirit. He had removed his connection from the first church to the Methodist, about 1830, and our watch was withdrawn Dec. 1st, 1831. No doubt the Methodist church was more agreeable to his tastes and sympathies. He died July 15th, 1846, aged 55.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Eliza Ann, born Jan. 16th, 1816, bap. May 19th, 1816 ; never married ; eminently pious.
2. Jane Maria, born Sept. 25th, 1818, bap. Nov. 15th, 1818, married Aug. 28th, 1842, George Williams.
3. Burnham H., born April 3d, 1824, bap. Aug. 8th, 1824, married May 10th, 1846, Annette Judd, daughter of Amon. He was killed Jan. 25th, 1847, aged 23, by running against a clothes line.
4. Chester, born Aug. 21st, 1831, married Dec. 22d, 1850, Sarah Hamilton, of Hartford.
374. " KILBOURN BATES," to church Feb. 2d, 1812, son of David, of Granville, Mass. and his wife, Abigail (Burt,) born Jan. 12th, 1793; was an apprentice to Oliver Stanley, in the tanning and shoe-making business; married May 4th, 1814, Rhoda Booth, daughter of Elisha, jun. and Mary (Steele,) his wife, born Oct. 17th, 1792, died July 28th, 1818, by drowning in a pool of water, aged 26. He married second, Isabel Hall, of Blan- ford, Mass.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. David, born , married Elizabeth Ripley.
2. Catharine, born , died Jan. 14th, 1856, aged 38.
375. " Widow REBECCA MATHER," to church April 5th, 1812, born May 30th, 1769, to Ebenezer Steele and his wife, No. (148,) married June 19th, 1781, Cotton Mather, son of No. (138) and No. (139,) born Sept. 2d, 1771. He was a heavy, robust man, but of dissipated habits. He lived near his father, at the foot of "Osgood Hill ;" died July 25th, 1807, aged 43. At the funeral, while the body was being conveyed with a bier on men's shoulders, the frame or bier broke, the coffin parted as it fell, and the body rolled out upon the ground. She died June 3d, 1813, aged 38, of consumption.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Cyprian, born May 30th, 1792, married Jan. 18th, 1814, No. (341.)
2. Elenor, born July 9th, 1794.
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3. Hannah, born Aug. Ist, 1796, married Sept. 14th, 1818, William Morgan ; she died May 16th, 1851.
4. Rebecca, born Feb. 16th, 1799, married May 13th, 1822, Norman O. Smith.
5. Thomas, born June 5th, 1800, married Aug. 14th, 1820, Susanna Hungerford, of Harwinton, daughter of Tertius and Ruth (Cook,) his wife, born Aug. 12th, 1801.
6. Alonzo, born May 9th, 1802, died May 10th, 1802, aged one day.
376. " WILLIAM BASSETT," to church April 5th, 1812, baptized same time, son of Cornelius and his wife, Chloe (Smith,) daughter of Samuel, born Jan. 19th, 1795, married April 23d, 1823, Polly Judd, daughter of No. (435) and No. (436,) born Dec. 15th, 1795; she died June 26th, 1837, aged 42, when he married second, June 3d, 1838, No. (882.) He was a wagon-maker by trade; learned of Henry North ; built on the site of William A. Churchill's residence; had his shop where Churchill and Stanley's jewelry shop stands. He sold to Churchill, and built on West Main street, the house now, 1866, owned and occupied by A. P. Collins. He sold out and moved to Simsbury, where he died Dec. 21st, 1860; he to South church, 1842.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Charles, born Feb. 26th, 1824.
2. Mary Smith, born Dec. 13th, 1825, see No. (941.)
3. Jennie Maria, born Dec. 10th, 1832, married June 2d, 1857, Frederic Hart, of Salmon.
SECOND WIFE'S CHILDREN.
4. Dwight Evans, born April 17th, 1839, married July, 1861, Susan Hutchins, of Canton.
5. Marcelon Cornelius, born Aug. 20th, 1844.
6. Eugene Selden, born Oct. 2d, 1846, died, aged sixteen months.
7. William Clark, born June 29th, 1850, died Nov. 21st, 1850, aged five months.
8. Walter Clark, born Aug. 19th, 1852.
377. "SUSANNA, wife of Josiah Steele," to church June 7th, 1812; her maiden name, Lewis ; she was from Oxford, Conn .; they lived on " Horse Plain," near Capt. Lemuel Hotchkiss' saw-mill and iron works; he was a blacksmith ; was in hard service in the war of the Revolution ; compactly built and of great endurance, he enlisted into the Revolutionary army April 20th, 1777, for three years; had £10 bounty; he died March 25th, 1825, aged 68. She was a kind-hearted, good woman; buffeted the storms of adversity bravely, and died July 31st, 1821.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Josiah, jun., born Feb. 9th, 1778, married Nov. 5th, 1798, No. (445.)
2. Allen, born Nov. 23d, 1779, married July 29th, 1799, No. (307.)
3. Susanna, born , married No. (308,) and married second, Oct. 16th, 1828, George Daniels.
4. Sybil, born Oct. 21st, 1782, married April 9th, 1799, Nathaniel Carrington, of Farmington, son of David.
5. Avery, born , married Polly Rugg ; married second, Jerusha Williams.
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6. Levi, born 1829, by suicide.
, married Nov. 23d, 1811, Betsey Gilbert ; he died Aug. 5th,
7. Sabra, born , married April 12th, 1805, see No. (316.)
8. Amon, born , married Electa Curtiss, daughter of Amos.
9. Cynthia, born , married Feb. 23d, 1817, James Hull, of Isaac and Eunice (Carrington.)
10. George, born , bap. June 21st, 1812, married Jan. 11th, 1824, Lucina Bel- den, of John ; he died July 8th, 1837, when she married second, Noble Andrus, o f Farmington and Bristol.
378. " CAROLINE, wife of John Andrews," to church June 7th, 1812, baptized same time, born Feb. 1st, 1769, to Jesse Bronson, of Kensing- ton, and his wife, Abigail (Allen,) married March 16th, 1800, No. (197;) she possessed a happy turn of mind, took great delight in the ordinances of the gospel, and means of grace ; died Dec. 25th, 1846, aged 77; her mother is No. (708.) .
379. "JERUSHA MATHER," to church June 7th, 1812, daughter of No. (217) and No. (207,) born May 10th, 1793, married May 15th, 1827, No. (773 ;) she was a tailoress by trade, very industrious, intelligent and discreet ; died Oct. 17th, 1838, aged 45 ; left no posterity.
380. " BULAH HART," to church Aug. 2d, 1812, by letter from the church in Simsbury, baptized May 18th, 1783; never married; died at Simsbury ; she was daughter of No. (174) and No. (224.)
381. "NORMAN WOODRUFF," to church Oct. 4th, 1812, baptized same time, son of Gad and his wife, Sarah (Loomis,) born Nov. 6th, 1790, mar- ried March 19th, 1813, No. (557;) a brass-founder by trade ; his house stood where now, 1861, Dr. L. Woodruff's stands, on Main street ; his shop back of the house, where he was largely engaged in manufacturing brass goods. His present residence, 1866, is in Plainville, with his son, John. He was dismissed July 23d, 1815, to the church in Lenox, Mass., but subsequently returned viz. Feb. 2d, 1823, by letter of recommendation from that church, with his wife. He was a tall man, of serious turn, and sober demeanor, but honest and generous. He and wife South church, 1842.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Sarah, born Dec. 21st, 1813, bap. March 20th, 1814, see No. (670.)
2. Almira, born Feb. 2d, 1816, see No. (927.)
3. Betsey, born May 19th, 1818, married Oct. 8th, 1838, No. (861.)
4. Maria, born May 5th, 1820, married June 3d, 1842, No. (862.)
5. John, born May 11th, 1823, bap. Aug. 24th, 1823, married Sept. 23d, 1851, Sarah Stowe.
6. James, born April 26th, 1827, bap. Sept. 16th, 1827, married Dec. 14th, 1854, Clara R. Clapp.
7. Mary, born March 14th, 1830, died April 2d, 1830.
8. Norman, born Feb. 7th, 1834, bap. July 11th, 1834, died Aug. 12th, 1834.
382. " BENJAMIN CADWELL," to church Oct. 4th, 1812, baptized same time ; he was an apprentice of James Booth, jun., at the business of tan-
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ning and shoe-making ; came from the town of Durham, Conn .; kept the turnpike gate on the Middletown and Berlin road, on the west side of the parish, where he died, of consumption, Jan. 9th, 1818, aged 27. He mar- ried Feb. 15th, 1813, Roxana Hamblin, of Farmington, daughter of Phin- eas and his wife, Rhoda (Andrus,) born Oct. 3d, 1793 ; she died March 3d, 1849, aged 56, at Wethersfield. He adorned his profession by a lowly walk.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Adelia, born May 24th, 1814, bap. July 10th, 1814, married Feb. 14th, 1836, William Taylor, a machinist and instructor of convicts at Connecticut State Prison, at Wethersfield ; he died May 1st, 1853 ; she resides in Hartford, 1860.
2. Benjamin, born June, 1817, bap. Sept. 23d, 1817, died March 23d, 1818, aged nine months.
383. "OLIVE, wife of Cyprian Hart," to church Dec. 6th, 1812, daugh- ter of James Whedon and his wife, Dinah, of North Branford, born June 20th, 1765 ; he came into this place to run Deacon Hart's mill, and lived near it; he was son of Lieut. Noadiah and Lucy (Hurlbut,) his wife, born May 23d, 1772, at Kensington ; they lived several years where now, 1862, Silas Wright does, on the "Mountain Lake road;" he died July 5th, 1843 ; she died June 17th, 1846; she was dismissed by letter from this church Sept. 5th, 1819, but our records previous and up to that date never say where dismissed to.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Truman, born June 11th, 1793, married July 4th, 1815, Laura Lewis Steele, daughter of Josiah, jun.
2. Noadiah, born April 16th, 1795.
3. Bera, born March 31st, 1797, married May 6th, 1819, Mary, daughter of Samuel Whaples ; live in St. Lawrence county, New York.
4. James Griffing, born April 19th, 1799.
5. Leander Sidney, born Aug. 10th, 1801, m. Aug. 23d, 1824, Emeline Thompson ; married second, Electa, daughter of Solomon Humphrey.
6. Percy, born June 17th, 1805, died April 3d, 1809, aged four years.
7. Ordelía, born Jan. 17th, 1808, died April 4th, 1809, and both buried in one grave.
384. " PRUDENCE, wife of John Clark," to church Feb. 7th, 1813, by letter from the first church in Farmington, daughter of Joshua Woodruff, of Farmington, and his wife, Prudence (Curtiss,) born Aug. 3d, 1793, married Aug. 26th, 1812 ; he son of Abel and his wife, Abigail (Judd,) born March 20th, 1787 ; he was a farmer and butcher ; lived on the old Clark home of his father and grand-father, where now, 1862, Omri North owns and resides, at the foot of " Clark Hill." He established the first ' meat market" in the village, and it stood on or near John Stanley's gar- den, by the railroad. In several respects she is an extraordinary woman, having passed through peculiar vicissitudes in life; was bedrid several years, and helpless; recovered and is healthy now, 1863, and has been
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many years ; has a great gift of prayer and exhortation, and feels called of God to travel as a missionary. She left our church for the Methodist communion, as being more congenial with her views and emotions. He died Jan. 25th, 1835, aged 48. She was admitted to Farmington church, August, 1808.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Jane, born Nov. 14th, 1813, bap. Feb. 13th, 1814, died Feb. 17th, 1818, of can- ker rash, aged four years.
2. Matilda, born Oct. 24th, 1815, bap. March 10th, 1816, see No. (703.)
3. George, born June 20th, 1817, bap. Aug. 4th, 1817, married Jan. 16th, 1845, Sarah E. Castlon, of Georgia ; he died July 15th, 1845, at Macon, Georgia, aged 28.
4. Abel Newel, born June 12th, 1819, bap. Oct. 17th, 1819, married April 27th, 1840, Emily I. Braddock ; he died at Hartford, March 25th, 1867, in his 48th year, of cancer ; was editor of the Courant.
5. John Woodruff, born July 3d, 1822, bap. Oct. 25th, 1822, married April 7th, 1858, Caroline Beckley.
6. Jane Louisa, born Oct. 2d, 1827, bap. April 6th, 1828, married March 2d, 1845, Deming W. Sexton.
7. Mary Prudence, born Nov. 2d, 1830, died May 21st, 1834, aged three.
8. Ellen, born Dec. 2d, 1833, married April 16th, 1856, Cornelius Everest, of Rev. C. B. Everest.
385. "MINERVA LEE," to church April 4th, 1813, daughter of No. (356) and No. (357,) born April 22d, 1798, married Sept. 8th, 1818, No. (954;) she taught school, both day and Sabbath school; was teacher in the first Sabbath school in the town or county, in the spring of 1816; in- tellectual and energetic, an ornament to her sex and the church.
386. " BETSEY, wife of Isaac Lee," to church May 9th, 1813, by letter from the church of Christ in New Hartford ; she was daughter of Major Peter Curtiss, of Farmington, of Revolutionary memory, and the widow of David Lusk, of New Britain. She married second, Oct. 29th, 1812, No. (168 ;) her first husband had died July 6th, 1793; he was son of David, senior, and his wife, Prudence (Hurlburt,) and they lived in the valley back of " Dublin Hill." She died Aug. 1st, 1828, aged 64.
HER CHILDREN BY FIRST HUSBAND.
1. Laura, born , married Eli Wood, of Windsor.
2. Austria, born , married Asahel Crow, of New Hartford.
3. Solomon, born 1790, married Nov. 25th, 1809, No. (880.)
387. " Wife of Allen Francis," to church June 6th, 1813-her maiden name, Esther Judd, daughter of Heman, of Farmington, and his wife Anna (Goodrich,) born Feb. 14th, 1771. She married, first, Timothy Hotchkiss, of Wethersfield, a hatter by trade; was divorced, and mar- ried, second, May 12th, 1797, Allen, son of Josiah Francis, of Newing- ton, and his wife Milly (Stoddard,) born Oct. 23d, 1760. They lived in Hart quarter, next house north of "Landlord Hart." She died April 9th, 1836, aged 64. He died Feb. 15th, 1850, aged 89.
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HER CHILD BY FIRST HUSBAND.
1. William Frederick Hotchkiss, son of Timothy and Esther, born Jan. Ist, 1793 ; he died, 1829, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
CHILDREN BY SECOND HUSBAND.
1. Bernard, Josiah, born Oct. 9th, 1798, served a clerkship with William H. Imlay, of Hartford, as a merchant ; he died in New Orleans.
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2. Edwin Judd, born April 22d, 1808, married Sept. 14th, 1825, No. (709.)
3. Sarah Wells, born , bap. Nov. 28th, 1813, died young. All baptized same late.
388. "CANDACE, wife of Solomon Churchill, jun.," to church April 2d, 1815, by letter from church in Worthington, daughter of Hooker Gil- bert, and his wife Candace (Sage,) born July 12th, 1791, married Dec. ist, 1812; he was son of Solomon, sen., No. (240,) and his wife, No. 241,) born Oct. 20th, 1791 ; he was a tinman by trade, learned of Enoch Kelsey ; lived in various localities. She was dismised by letter June 15th, 817. She died June 9th, 1835. He died May 11th, 1834, aged 43.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Laura, born Dec. 26th, 1813, bap. March 20th, 1814, married Giles Colvin, rho died in 1835, in Indiana, see No. (753.)
2. William, born Jan. 6th, 1816, bap June 9th, 1816, married Sarah Ann Sedg- rick.
3. Sarah, born May 10th, 1818, married Sylvester Elton.
4. Emeline, born Sept. 16th, 1821, married I. Bradley Elton.
5. Gilbert, born Sept. 10th, 1824, died in Illinois.
6. Cyrus, born Dec. 11th, 1826.
389. " BETSEY PENNFIELD," to church Aug. 6th, 1815, daughter of Jo. (237,) born April 13th, 1793, married Feb. 6th, 1820, Enos Penn- eld, son of Jesse, of Plymouth, Ct. ; he died at Clarkson, Dec. 23d, 1833, nd she married, second, April, 1835, Deacon Joseph Langdon, of Sugar frove, Pa., where she lived in 1860, or at Russellburg. Her second usband is also dead. She was dismissed by letter to Camden, N. Y., 'eb. 6th, 1820. She died at Warren, Pa., Jan. 3d, 1866, aged 72.
390. " DIADAMA STEELE," to church Aug. 6th, 1815, baptized same me, daughter of No. (852) and No. (853,) born Oct. 6th, 1798, married eb. 8th, 1821, Abraham W. Neal, of Southington, and she was dismissed y letter to church in Southington, March 3d, 1822, and received there pril 21st, 1822. He was an extensive wagon maker, formerly at the South end.' She died May, 1854, aged 55.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Salman, born , bap. Aug. 4th, 1822, at Southington.
2. Henry, born , bap. June 27th, 1824, at Southington.
3. Hiram, born , bap. May 29th, 1831, at Southington.
4. Diadamia Maria, born , bap. Aug. 23d, 1825, at Southington.
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391. " URSULA, wife of Newton Skinner," to church Aug. 6th, 1815; her maiden name, Wolcott, daughter of Samuel and Jerusha his wife, born Nov. 17th, 1788, at East Windsor ; to this church, as above, by let- ter from the First church in that town; married May 10th, 1815, Rev. Newton Skinner, son of Roswell, of East Granby, and his wife Mary (Gay,) born Oct. 10th, 1782, graduated at Yale, 1804, settled as colleague with Dr. Smalley, Feb. 14th, 1810. He bought the house, soon after his marriage, on the corner of East and Smalley streets, and it has retained his name to this day. She was a woman of grave deportment, strong mind and great economy. He died March 31st, 1825, aged 42, of malig- nant fever. She was dismissed and recommended to Centre church, Hart- ford, in 1832.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Mary Gay, born Feb. 14th, 1818, bap. March 29th, 1818, married Liver- more.
2. Samuel Wolcott, born June 19th, 1820, bap. Aug. 27th, 1820, a physician at Windsor Locks.
3. Ann Grant, born Aug. 23d, 1823, bap. Oct. 12th, 1823.
392. "LUCY, wife of Ethan A. Andrews," to church Aug. 6th, 1815, by letter from the First church in Farmington, daughter of Col. Isaac Cowles, of Farmington, and his wife Lucina (Hooker,) baptized June 14th, 1795, by Rev. Mr. Washburn, and to church in Farmington, Oct. 4th, 1807, married Dec. 19th, 1810, No. (464,) and were both dismissed, Feb. 5th, 1832, and recommended to the Third church in New Haven; She was received again to our communion Feb. 5th, 1860, by letter from South church, New Britain.
393. "SARAH, wife of Simeon Lincoln," to church Oct. 22d, 1815, by letter from church in Wolcott, daughter of No. (1) and No. (96,) born June 19th, 1773, baptized July 25th, 1773, married Oct. 22d, 1792, Rev. Israel B. Woodard, of Wolcott, son of Israel, of Watertown, and his wife Abigail (Stoddard,) born 1.67, graduated at Yale 1789, studied theology with Dr. Smalley, settled at Wolcott, and died October, 1810, aged 43. She married, second, 1814, Simeon Lincoln ; was occasionally partially insane. After the death of Mr. Lincoln, she lived at the old house of Dr. Smalley and Deacon Whittlesey. She died Oct. 22d, 1843, aged 70. She left no posterity ; was the 3d wife of Mr. Lincoln.
394. "ELISHA S. LEWIS," to church Dec. 3d, 1815, by letter from Farmington church. He was a joiner by trade, and learned of Capt. Selah Porter, of Farmington ; married Oct. 16th, 1814, No. (455,) lived on " Horse Plain " next north of the Capt. Hotchkiss place. Both dis- missed June 30th, 1822, and recommended to the church in Camden, N. Y. He was a native of Plymouth, Ct., and a man of singular eccentric- ities ; he died near Pittsburg, Pa.
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THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Marinda, born , married in Pennsylvania.
2. Mary Ann, born , died near Pittsburg.
3. James Wells, born
4. Jane Eliza, born
5. Lucy Maria, born
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395. ELIZABETH, wife of Solomon Clark," to church March 17th, 1816, daughter of Elijah Smith, sen., and his wife Sarah (Grimes,) bap. March 23d, 1760, married June 3d, 1784, No. (434.) She died Oct. 7th, 1823, aged 64.
396. " BETSEY, wife of Seth J. North," to church March 17th, 1816, laughter of No. (115) and No. (125,) born July 17th, 1780, married Sept. 27th, 1801, No. (449 ;) greatly resembles in mind, form and man- iers her mother. Still (A. D. 1861) living with her son Frederick, and etaining much of the freshness, vigor and vicacity of forty, while she is ver eighty ; to South church 1842. After this was written (Aug. 1861,) he was suddenly partially deranged, and was taken to the Retreat at Hartford, where now (Dec. 1861,) she remains. She died there Aug. 8th, 1862, aged 82 ; the last of Col. Gad Stanley's family.
397. " LUCINA, wife of Jesse Hart," to church March 17th, 1816, aughter of Asa Cowdry, of Hartland, Ct., and his wife Abigail (Ensign,) orn Sept. 17th, 1788, married April 5th, 1810. No. (430.)
398. " ESTHER DEWY," to church March 17th, 1816, daughter of No. 179) and No. (157,) born 1788, never married ; baptized March 30th, 788; died March 7th, 1852, aged 64; has a head stone in the old part the cemetery. She had removed her church connection to Harwinton, ad returned Aug. 7th, 1825 ; to South church 1842.
399. " ANNA CLARK," to church March 17th, 1816, daughter of No. (34) and No. (395,) was baptised on admission to church ; born March )th, 1790; never married, lives much of her time with her sister, No. 24.)
400. BETSEY BURRITT," to church March 17th, 1816, daughter of. lihu, and No. (290,) born July 22d, 1796, bap. Nov. 2d, 1800. Betsey insdale, married Aug. 24th, 1829, Hezekiah Seymour, of Hartford, son. Joseph W., and his wife Lovisa (Warner,) born Oct. 29th, 1788. hey lived several years in the Burritt house, on the " Hinsdale Lot," en built a cottage on Elm street. He was an Episcopalian, and she ned that communion with him.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Infant, born Feb. 20th, 1831, died without a name.
2. Henry Griswold, born May 5th, 1832, died May 20th, 1853, aged 21 ; an inter- ing young man, and their only earthly prop and hope.
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401. " CHAUNCEY CORNWALL," to church March 17th, 1816, son of No. (296) and No. (297,) born Sept. 22d, 1795, married July 15th, 1819, No. (404;) built west side South Green, house now (1861) owned and occupied by Charles Warner, and his brass shop was the present dwelling house of Henry Nash, Esq. He carried on the manufacture of brass goods extensively for several years. He was appointed deacon in 1837, and served the First Church in that capacity until July 5th, 1842; then to south church. He was one of the early teachers and laborers in the Sunday school cause, a constant and faithful attendant on the ordinances of the Gospel and the means of grace. He unfortunately lost part of one hand by a circular saw, and he also grew somewhat deaf in later life. He died Sept. 18th, 1863, aged 68, of consumption.
THEIR CHILDREN.
1. Jane Adeline, born July 8th, 1820, bap. Sept. 3d, 1820, married No. (915.)
2. Francis Edwards, born Sept. 29th, 1822, bap. March 9th, 1823, No. (799.)
3. Sarah Gilbert, born Aug. 3d, 1824, bap. Oct. 3d, 1824, see No. (935.)
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